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10 U.S.C. § 7324 — Forty years or more: Army officers
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 1186 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1186&num=0&edition=prelim), a commissioned officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 7326 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section7326&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
**(b)** Any warrant officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 7326(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section7326/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 1186 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1186&num=0&edition=prelim), a commissioned officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 7326 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section7326&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
**(b)** Any warrant officer of the Army who has at least 40 years of service computed under [section 7326(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section7326/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be retired upon his request.
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**(a)** At any time during proceedings under this chapter with respect to the removal of an officer from active duty, the Secretary of the military department concerned may grant a request by the officer—
(1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is qualified for retirement; or
(2) for discharge in accordance with subsection (b)(2).
**(b)** An officer removed from active duty under [section 1184 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1184&num=0&edition=prelim) shall—
(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal, be retired in the grade and with the retired pay for which he would be eligible if retired under such provision; and
(2) if ineligible for voluntary retirement under any provision of law on the date of such removal—
(A) be honorably discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (a) of [section 1181 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1181&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(B) be discharged in the grade then held, in the case of an officer whose case was brought under subsection (b) of [section 1181 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1181&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(2) is entitled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under [section 1174(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1174/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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In this subchapter, the term “use or release restriction”, with respect to technical data delivered to the United States under a contract subject to this section, means a restriction by the contractor or subcontractor on the right of the United States—
(1) to use such technical data; or
(2) to release or disclose such technical data to persons outside the Government or permit the use of such technical data by persons outside the Government.
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**(a)** For the purpose of determining whether an officer of the Army may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding—
(1) all active service performed as a member of the Army, the Air Force, or the Space Force;
(2) all service in the Navy or Marine Corps that may be included in determining the eligibility of an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps for retirement;
(3) all service computed under section 3683 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and
(4) if an officer of the Regular Army, all active service performed as an officer of the Philippine Constabulary.
**(b)** For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Medical Corps may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service performed as a contract surgeon, acting assistant surgeon, or contract physician, under a contract to serve full time and to take and change station as ordered.
**(c)** For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Regular Army in the Dental Corps may be retired under section 7311, 7318, or 7324 of this title, his years of service are computed by adding to his service under subsection (a) all service as a contract dental surgeon or acting dental surgeon.
**(d)** For the purpose of determining whether a commissioned officer of the Army Nurse Corps or the Army Medical Specialist Corps may be retired under [section 7311 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section7311&num=0&edition=prelim), all service computed under section 3683 1 of this title shall be treated as if it were service as a commissioned offic
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 7321
(b) Subsection (a) applies in the case of the fol-
lowing officers:
(1) Any permanent professor of the United
States Military Academy.
(2) The Director of Admissions of the United
States Military Academy.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 226, § 3920; Pub.
L. 104–106, div. A, title V, § 509(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996,
110 Stat. 297; renumbered § 7320, Pub. L. 115–232,
div. A, title VIII, § 808(b)(12), Aug. 13, 2018, 132
Stat. 1838.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
3920 .........
10:1079a(c) (proviso).
Aug. 7, 1947, ch. 512,
§ 520(c) (proviso), 61
Stat. 912.
The word ‘‘retire’’ is substituted for the words ‘‘direct
the retirement of’’. The words ‘‘as a commissioned offi-
cer’’ are substituted for the word ‘‘commissioned’’.
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 7320 was renumbered section 8690 of
this title.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 3920 of this
title as this section.
1996—Pub. L. 104–106 substituted ‘‘permanent profes-
sors and the Director of Admissions of the United
States Military Academy’’ for ‘‘permanent professors
of United States Military Academy’’ in section catch-
line and amended text generally. Prior to amendment,
text read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of the Army may
retire any permanent professor of the United States
Military Academy who has more than 30 years of serv-
ice as a commissioned officer.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2018 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019,
with provision for the coordination of amendments and
special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800
of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section
300
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